Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

James Smallwood, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869

James Smallwood registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 22, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 4 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Fort Bend County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
6 years
In Texas
4 years
In the county
about 1863
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County

James Smallwood

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
James Smallwood
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Fort Bend County
Precinct
3
Registered
November 22, 1869
Years in Texas
6 years
Years in Fort Bend County
4 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
2 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fort Bend County highlighted
Fort Bend County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

James Smallwood reported 2 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.

Other freedmen named Smallwood in Fort Bend County

Smallwoods elsewhere in Texas

All 7 freedmen named Smallwood in Texas

Sources

This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 37 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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